transflective
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Of a liquid crystal display: that reflects and transmits light.
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transform
To subject to the action of a transformer.
transformer
A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.
transition
A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.
transition time
The amount of time required for the switch output to settle within a given percentage of the final value following a change in the control input level.
transmissible
adjectiveTelecommunications
Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
transmission
A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
transmission fluid
A specialized lubricant used in a vehicle to ensure the proper functioning of the transmission system.
transmission time
The amount of time from the beginning until the end of a message transmission.
transmissioned
adjectiveAutomotive
Having a specified kind of transmission.
transmittal
nounManufacturing
An item of correspondence.
transmodal
adjectiveTransport and logistics
Using more than one mode of transportation or shipping.
transmodulation
The modulation (or regulation) of a secondary system.
trap
To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
trap car
A railroad car used for much smaller shipments usually within terminal or city limits.
trap crop
A crop that is planted in order to attract agricultural pests away from nearby crops.
trapdoor
A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door.
trapper
A worker (usually a child) who opens and shuts a door in a gallery or level of a mine, to manage ventilation and access.
trapunto
nounManufacturing
A type of quilting producing a raised surface.
trash
The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.
traveler hook
Any of various hand tools for manipulating travelers in spinning; any similar hook used in other industries.
traveller
Part of the apparatus in various fiber spinning processes (for spinning fiber to thread or yarn); several types exist.
travelling-wave tube
A type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron beam, that passes through an interaction array, where the EM-signal is fed, which interacts with the electron beam, bunching the electrons, and transferring power to the signal.
traverse
verbCarpentry
To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
traverse table
nounSurveying
A table by means of which the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance may be found by inspection. It contains the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of angle, and for lengths of the hypotenuse, from 1 to 100.
travois
A sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs, with one end of each log on the sled and the other end touching the ground.
tread
nounConstruction
A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
treadle
verbManufacturing
To press a specific treadle or sequence of treadles on the loom.
treadwear
nounAutomotive
A numerical measure of how long the tread of a tire can be expected to last.
tree cookie
A preserved horizontal cross-section of a tree trunk or limb, often demonstrating the physical structure and growth rings of the source plant.
tree-and-branch
adjectiveElectrical engineering
Of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.
treillage
latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
trellis
A kind of graph, used in communication theory and encryption, whose nodes are ordered into vertical slices by time, with each node at each time connected to at least one node at an earlier and at least one node at a later time.
trepan
verbManufacturing
To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
tret
An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.
tri-mode
adjectiveRail equipment
Of a train or locomotive: Designed to operate on electricity on electrified lines, or diesel-electric power (from a diesel generator) or battery power on non-electrified lines.
triac
A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor.
triad
On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
triage
nounRail equipment
A marshalling yard, classification yard.
trial
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
trial balloon
A small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; a ballon d'essai.
triangle
nounRail equipment
A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
triangulateration
nounSurveying
A combination of triangulation and trilateration.
triangulation
nounSurveying
A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.
tribar
nounAutomotive
The arrangement of the signature stacked lights on a Ford Mustang.
tribute
A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
tributer
A miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
tributor
A miner who was paid a percentage of the value of whatever ore he mined.
trifocal
adjectiveOptics and imaging
Of or pertaining to corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.
trifocals
Spectacles with corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.
Triger process
A method of sinking through water-bearing ground, in which the shaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an airlock, work being proceeded with under air pressure.
trigesimo-secundo
A book size, (3.75", 5" × 2.5", 3.125"), corresponding to the paper size.
trigger
A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
trim
verbCarpentry
To dress; to make smooth.
trimmer
A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
trimpot
Syllabic abbreviation of trimmer potentiometer.
triode
A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.
trip computer
nounAutomotive
A device fitted in some vehicles that records, calculates, and displays various trip-related information to the driver.
trip log
nounAutomotive
A detailed record or documentation of all trips taken by a vehicle.
trip meter
nounAutomotive
A part of an odometer capable of recording the distance traveled during a short trip by allowing its readout to be reset to zero.